NWS Showcase Night

Wednesday 14th November, 7.30pm (Doors open 6.30)

An evening of readings from NWS members Megan Taylor, Richard Pilgrim, Wayne Burrows, Marsali McDonald, Michael Pinchbeck, Roberta Dewa, and Jon McGregor, at the Oxfam Bookshop on Goosegate.

Tickets, which are available to NWS members and non-members alike, are £3 (including wine) and are on sale at the Oxfam Bookshop.  They will also be available at the Social evening on the 1st.

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Writing Histories: a radio drama competition

 Crystal Clear Creators (www.crystalclearcreators.org.uk), an arts organisation based in the East Midlands, is pleased to announce a new radio drama competition. The competition is open to all, and will culminate in the production of the three winning radio dramas. Entrants are invited to write a one-page proposal for a possible radio drama of up to 45 minutes in length on a historical theme. From the entries, the best three proposals will be chosen by a panel of judges. The writers of these winning proposals will be given the opportunity to develop the full scripts, whilst receiving mentoring from experienced writers. The three radio dramas will then be recorded and produced by Crystal Clear Creators. We will broadcast them via the organisation’s website, and we will promote them to local and regional radio stations.
The deadline for submissions is Friday 23 November 2007.  If you require further details, or for full submission guidelines, please contact Jonathan Taylor at crystalclearjt@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:crystalclearjt@hotmail.co.uk)> . Entry costs £2 for members, £3 for non-members. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Crystal Clear Creators’ and included with entries. See below for full submission guidelines. This competition represents the culmination of a series of creative writing dayschools run by Crystal Clear Creators, and is part of a project called ‘Writing Histories,’ funded by Awards for All (National Lottery).
Full submission guidelines
1.Entries should be in the form of a one-page proposal, outlining a possible radio drama of between ten and forty-five minutes in length on an historical subject. The structure of the proposal is up to you, but should include details about theme, main characters and plot.
2.   Though the proposed radio drama should be ‘on a historical subject,’ you are free to interpret this in any way you feel appropriate.
3.   Proposals should be in at least 11 point size, and should be headed with a title for the piece. You should not include your name on the proposal itself, but please include a separate covering letter or cover page which gives your name, address, email and phone number, as well as the title of your proposed radio drama. The title on the cover sheet should, obviously, be the same as the title at the top of the proposal.
4.   You are permitted to enter as many times as you wish, but each entry costs £2 for members, £3 for non-members. Cheques should be made payable to Crystal Clear Creators and included with each entry. All money raised will make it possible for Crystal Clear Creators to continue this kind of work with new and up-and-coming writers.
5.   Please send all entries in the first instance by email attachment to Jonathan Taylor at crystalclearjt@hotmail.co.uk <mailto:crystalclearjt@hotmail.co.uk> . Entries should be sent as word attachments to emails. If you do not have access to email, please contact Jonathan Taylor at 0116 2506185.
6.   Members or relatives of members of Crystal Clear Creators’ management committee are not permitted to enter.
7.   The deadline for submissions is Friday 23rd November 2007.
8.   We will contact the three winning entrants, and will inform all entrants via email of the results of the competition, in early January 2008.
9.   Entries will be judged on the quality of writing and the quality and originality of ideas.
10. The judges decision is final.
11. Winning entrants will be invited to develop their scripts with the help of mentoring by experienced writers. The mentoring will be the equivalent of three half days for each winner. The final full-length scripts will be recorded and produced by Crystal Clear Creators. The radio dramas will be uploaded onto the website, and promoted to relevant radio stations for possible broadcasts.
Jonathan Taylor
Crystalclearjt@hotmail.co.uk <mailto:Crystalclearjt@hotmail.co.uk>